diff --git a/roles/collectd/base/files/apache.conf b/roles/collectd/base/files/apache.conf
index dacd82a7d9..441da4c581 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/base/files/apache.conf
+++ b/roles/collectd/base/files/apache.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 LoadPlugin apache
 
 <Plugin apache>
+  <Instance "apache">
         URL "http://localhost/apache-status?auto"
+  </Instance>
 </Plugin>
 
diff --git a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
index 8e342a1687..a59b828a8f 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/base/tasks/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@
   - restart collectd
   when: collectd_apache is defined
 
+- name: Let collectd talk to apache over tcp
+  seboolean: name=collectd_tcp_network_connect state=yes persistent=yes
+  tags:
+  - collectd
+  ignore_errors: True
+  notify:
+  - restart collectd
+  when: collectd_apache is defined
 
 # Three tasks for handling our (two) custom selinux modules.
 - name: ensure a directory exists for our custom selinux module